News – Independent Living Centre WA

The Independent Living Centre WA (ILC) is pleased to announce that Activ will be the new service provider for Noah’s Ark WA. ILC Acting Chief Executive Officer Francine Snadden said we are delighted that the Noah’s Ark WA service will be continuing and congratulate Activ on being the successful applicant. “Activ has a long history […]

Curtin University held their 2018 School of Occupational Therapy, Social Work and Speech Pathology Prize Giving Ceremony on Tuesday 13th February. The school’s most important annual event brings together students, staff, family, friends, sponsors, special guests and the community to reward, celebrate and recognise the wonderful achievements of the highest performing students. Independent Living Centre […]

The Independent Living Centre of WA is excited to introduce a pilot project during Semester 1 of 2018 to support schools to learn about and trial eye gaze technology. This project will offer clinics onsite at schools to trial eye gaze technology with students who may benefit from its use. Support and training will also […]

The communication access symbol is the final piece in the access puzzle. Whilst most people are familiar with vision, hearing or mobility access, communication access is a relatively new term within our community. It’s difficult to imagine a world without wheelchair ramps, elevators or ACROD parking bays. This shows that the importance of planning for […]

The staff of the Independent Living Centre WA would like to thank you for your support during 2017. We wish you a wonderful Christmas and a happy new year filled with independence, safety and wellness. Our Nedlands and Cockburn services will close for the holidays at 5pm on Friday 22 December and will reopen on […]

As part of the MyTech Project, linking people with emerging technologies, the ILC together with a couple of participants have created three short videos which demonstrate different uses for emerging technology. Many people don’t know what emerging technologies are, what they do or how they work. ILC Occupational Therapist Lauren Farrell said, “the aim of […]

Save the dates – 30 and 31 May 2018 Being held for the first time in Perth, the ATSA Independent Living Expo will have more than 70 exhibitors displaying a wide range of products and services in assistive technology, mobility solutions, pressure care, employment support, accessible recreation/holiday ideas, modified motor vehicles and a lot more. […]

Following a car accident 24 years ago, Catena was told by doctors that she would be unable to return to work and would most likely require a wheelchair for her mobility. Catena was determined to prove the doctors wrong and worked hard to return to the workforce. Since then she has started not-for-profit organisation Connecting […]

Following a series of successful workshops throughout 2017, the Fundamentals of Assistive Technology (AT) workshop will now be coming to a country town near you! Are you based in a country area and sometimes struggle to know what equipment would be best to use with clients, or feel that you’d benefit from hearing about what’s […]

The service offered by the ILC today is a direct result of our founder Freda Jacob’s determination, compassion and commitment to all people. On 18 October we held a special event to remember and celebrate Freda’s life. Here our Chairperson Melissa Bramley announced that an ILC annual scholarship program and an area of the Nedlands […]